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1. (n.) pivot
a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and around which something rotates or oscillates.
2. pivot
the end of a shaft or arbor, resting and turning in a bearing.
3. pivot
a person or thing on which something turns, hinges, or depends:
She was the pivot of the campaign's success.
4. pivot
the person in a line, as of troops on parade, whom the others use as a point around which to wheel or maneuver.
5. pivot
a whirling around on one foot.
6. pivot
Basketball.
7. pivot
an offensive position in the front court, usu. played by the center, in which the player stands facing away from the offensive basket.
8. pivot
the player who plays in this position.
9. (v.i.) pivot
to turn on or as if on a pivot.
10. (v.t.) pivot
to mount on, attach by, or provide with a pivot or pivots.
Etymology: (1605–15; < F pivot (n.), pivoter (v.), OF)
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| Definition of 'pivot' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pivot, pivot man
the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
2. (noun) pivot, pin
axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
3. (verb) pivot
the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot
"the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"
4. (verb) pivot, swivel
turn on a pivot
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| Definition of 'pivot' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pivot
a fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns
2. (noun) pivot
the end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch
3. (noun) pivot
hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise
4. (noun) pivot
the officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man
5. (verb) pivot
to place on a pivot
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Sense: the pin or centre on which anything balances and turns.
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 Afrikaans: spil |
 Arabic: مِحْوَر، مُرْتَكَز، مَدار |
 Bulgarian: опорна точка |
 Brazilian: eixo |
 Czech: čep, osa |
 German: der Drehpunkt |
 Danish: akse |
 Greek: άξονας περιστροφής |
 Spanish: eje |
 Estonian: pöördetelg |
 Farsi: محور |
 Finnish: napa |
 French: pivot |
 Hebrew: צִיר |
 Hindi: केन्द्र बिन्दु |
 Croatian: stožer, ključna točka |
 Hungarian: forgócsap |
 Indonesian: pusat |
 Icelandic: völtur; þungamiðja, miðde |
 Italian: cardine, (punto centrale) |
 Japanese: 旋回軸 |
 Korean: 회전축 |
 Lithuanian: ašis |
 Latvian: ass; centrs |
 Malay: pangsi |
 Dutch: spil |
 Norwegian: omdreiningsakse, dreietap |
 Polish: oś |
 Persian: محور |
 Pashto: چورليځ، محور |
 Portuguese: eixo |
 Romanian: pivot |
 Russian: ось, центр вращения |
 Slovak: čap, os |
 Slovenian: os |
 Serbian: stožer |
 Swedish: pivå, svängaxel |
 Thai: เดือย |
 Turkish: mil, eksen |
 Taiwanese: 樞軸 |
 Ukrainian: точка опори; стрижень |
 Urdu: محور، مدار |
 Vietnamese: trục đứng |
 Chinese: 枢轴 |
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